The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-07-03

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made provision for such holdings. NO
action, however, was taken on the mat
| ter.
Article7, on impeachment, was thea
taken up on its second reading by sec
ton, one or two unimportant changes,
purely verbal were made.
Article 8, on municipal and other
corporations, came mp then on its
second reading. Mr.. Barton, chairman
of the committee, moved 10 strike out
the provision of Section 2, empowering
civil corporations for borrowing money,
the reason being that the subject was
covered by the report OF the committee
on finance Section 4 of this article
was stricken out for the same reason.
Article 9, on finance and state debt,
was then read. Mr.. Hills, under in
strHction of the committee on finance,
offered substitute to Section z, to
the effect that the state should not
assume the debts of nor loan money to-,
any county, city, town, village, school,
private corporations, nor to any in
dIvidual, nor to any stock company or
association.
Mr.. Richards, of Weber County,
moved that where the privilege is
accorded to city of 5000 inhabitants
| to increase its Indebtedness for the
purpose of providing water, it also be
allowed to incur Indebtedness for other
public improvements.
The proposition met with opposition
from Messrs. Hills, Game and Thur
man; while it was supported by the
MesSrs. Richards. The proposition
failed
On motion of Mr.. Wells, the COM
mittee arose and the house took up the
matter of Mr.. Hill's minority represen-
tation resolution. A special committee
of three, consisting of Messrs. Richards,
of Salt Lake, Hills and Woolley, was
appointed to.consider the subject.
The convention then stook a recess
until pm, and a caucus was an
nounced ad interim.
EVENLY, SESSION.
About $40 the vention again met
and went into comI--ttee of the whole,
Mr.. Peery in the chair, taking up the
report of the committee on executive
department.
On its second reading, on motion of
Mr.. Sharp, the word "male" before the
word ELECTORS" was stricken out, being
unnecessary, as the suffrage is confined
verbal changes only were made when
this article passed its second reading.
Article II, on education, was next
taken up. A number of verbal changes
were made in the clauses relat-
ing 10 the establishment of free schools,
forbidding any sectarianism to prevail
in the public schools, sale of lands for
the support of the University of Des-
eret, etc.
Article II. on the subject of militia,
next came up on its second reading.
Some debate ensued on the point
whether the ages of those liable to
militia service should be between Is and
As. or q and as; MIR. Smith and Mr..
Wells favored the former; Mr.. Game,
Jr., and Mr.. Greer the latter. The lat
ter prevailed.
Article ID, public Institutions, was
read the second time; motion to
change the name House of Refuge"
to blouse Of Correction" favored by
Mr.. Wells and opposed by Mr.. Ritter
and Mr.. Dusenberry, was carried by a
close vote.
Article II, on taxation, was read the
second time. The provision that mines,
except the net proceeds and surface i'm
proYements, shall be exempt from tax
alton for ten years after the adop-
ton of the Constitution, was passed
untouched. Mr.. Armstrong made a
strong speech advocating the exem ption
of canals and irrigating bitches from
taxation. MIR. Thurman opposed ex-
empting any private interests; for him.
self, he would not favor seeing the
mines exempted, but he knew the sense
of the convention was against him. He
thought the question ought to be left to
the Legislature. Mr.. Seegmiller and Mr..
Game advocated Mr.. Armstrong; views.
Mr.. Sharp did not think any Legislature
would tax bitches and canals; they
never had, but he was in favor of pro-
hibiting them from doing it if they
wanted to. The discussion finally
resulted in the insertion of clause in |
accordance with Mr. Armstrong; views,
including dams with bitches and canals |
A provision to exempt household goods |
to the value of 500 was stricken out. On |
motion the committee of the whole |
arose and reported progress; the con-
vention then, at 10 O'Clock, resolved
itself into caucus, and the reporters
withdrew.
At lilo, the convention adjourned
until Monday at o'clock am.
During the evening session Commits
sioners McClernsnd, Carleton and G d
frey entered and remained some time
following the deliberations.
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